³³ Seek the Kingdom of God^[a] above all else, and live righteously, and he will give you everything you need.

³⁷ Jesus replied, “‘You must love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, and all your mind.’^[a]

³³ If you cling to your life, you will lose it, and if you let your life go, you will save it.

⁷ For the sinful nature is always hostile to God. It never did obey God’s laws, and it never will.

² Don’t copy the behavior and customs of this world, but let God transform you into a new person by changing the way you think. Then you will learn to know God’s will for you, which is good and pleasing and perfect.

²⁴ Don’t be concerned for your own good but for the good of others.

¹⁴ But I am not surprised! Even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light.

Living the New Life

3 Since you have been raised to new life with Christ, set your sights on the realities of heaven, where Christ sits in the place of honor at God’s right hand.

³ Don’t be selfish; don’t try to impress others. Be humble, thinking of others as better than yourselves.